diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6163927b..96c96d12 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <javax.validation-api.version>1.0.0.GA</javax.validation-api.version>
     <org.hibernate.validator>4.3.1.Final</org.hibernate.validator>
-    <spring-security.version>4.0.4.RELEASE</spring-security.version>
+    <spring-security.version>5.5.7</spring-security.version>
     <org.slf4j.version>1.7.5</org.slf4j.version>
     <logback.version>1.1.2</logback.version>
     <logback-ext-spring.version>0.1.1</logback-ext-spring.version>